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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 130921" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Obviously, I don't have to tell anyone here that if you've seen one Vincent, you've seen them all... Despite that, if for some reason you'd still like to see another one, the Black Lightning that Jack Ehret used to set the Australian land speed record in 1953 isn't a bad choice. Or, perhaps you'd like to see an amazing Britten, only ten of which were made, that appeared out of nowhere (i.e. New Zealand) in the early '90s to take the world by storm. Speaking of New Zealand, how about one of the two (yes, two) original 'world's fastest Indians' that set a speed record at Bonneville in the 1960s that still stands (OK, the class it ran in no longer exists so its record can't be beaten, but that's a mere technicality...)? While on the subject of speed, Australia often is credited with starting the sport of speedway racing, so how about a Douglas DT/5 (DT, for dirt track) from that period, or a rare 8-valve Harley-Davidson with banking sidecar that was raced to great success on the dirt tracks of Australia?</p><p></p><p>All of these, and much, much more, from world's very first, steam-powered, motorcycle from 1871 through to the latest innovative electric-powered motorcycles from 2020, will be in Brisbane for the five months after the exhibition opens to the public in less than a week. Well, opens to the 0.3% of the world's public who live in Australia (25M/7.8B).</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, life isn't fair. I easily could have completely restored a motorcycle from parts in the time I spent on this exhibition and I'm forbidden to see it. Poor, poor pitiful me...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 130921, member: 2806"] Obviously, I don't have to tell anyone here that if you've seen one Vincent, you've seen them all... Despite that, if for some reason you'd still like to see another one, the Black Lightning that Jack Ehret used to set the Australian land speed record in 1953 isn't a bad choice. Or, perhaps you'd like to see an amazing Britten, only ten of which were made, that appeared out of nowhere (i.e. New Zealand) in the early '90s to take the world by storm. Speaking of New Zealand, how about one of the two (yes, two) original 'world's fastest Indians' that set a speed record at Bonneville in the 1960s that still stands (OK, the class it ran in no longer exists so its record can't be beaten, but that's a mere technicality...)? While on the subject of speed, Australia often is credited with starting the sport of speedway racing, so how about a Douglas DT/5 (DT, for dirt track) from that period, or a rare 8-valve Harley-Davidson with banking sidecar that was raced to great success on the dirt tracks of Australia? All of these, and much, much more, from world's very first, steam-powered, motorcycle from 1871 through to the latest innovative electric-powered motorcycles from 2020, will be in Brisbane for the five months after the exhibition opens to the public in less than a week. Well, opens to the 0.3% of the world's public who live in Australia (25M/7.8B). Unfortunately, life isn't fair. I easily could have completely restored a motorcycle from parts in the time I spent on this exhibition and I'm forbidden to see it. Poor, poor pitiful me... [/QUOTE]
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